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Technological change prominent throughout the industrial revolution that enhanced productivity and the standard of living. Poor societies have little to no ability to modernize. Economic development is a direct reflection of global domination by rich capitalist societies (pg 546-547).

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riots caused by police brutality in France, the citizens in the suburbs are demanding for a change and for justice to be served.

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Nouvelle nuit de tension à Villeneuve-La-Garenne, le conducteur blessé lance un appel au calme

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a large number of people coming together for change, typically unplanned. A riot with be an example, it's a social eruption that is full of emotions and violence (pg 528-530)

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mass society expands bureaucracy while weakening traditional social ties. Theorists believe that people from many backgrounds are becoming a generic mass, "Greater moral freedom but it may also end up dehumanizing everyone" (pg 540). It's all about making money instead of traditions and expanding traditions.

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From this perspective modernity has the form of class society, mainly coming from the ideas of Karl Marx.  The increasing scale of social life has resulted from the growing greed of capitalism. A Class society maintains the elites, people who are born into wealth (pg 541).

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Modernity and the individual is the macro level approach to modernity today. Social diversity and isolation is very widespread causing rapid social change, which makes it difficult for an individual to form their own coherent identity (pg 542).

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The change caused the information revolution and the post industrial economy. The point of modernity was to feel from want yet we still have social problems like poverty. 4/10 adults do not expect that their children will do better than the poverty level they stand at (pg 546).

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California: A leading US state in child poverty